After reading about 100 pages of John dies at the end I can now safely say that it is the greatest book ever written.

"I knew a man
No, I made that part up
Hair! Hair! Haaairrr!
Camel Holocaust! Camel Holocaust!"

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I dunno why I'm such a nerd for this stuff but I am.

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Originally posted by Domesticated Yeah, I know. I don't deny the man was a brilliant, integral mind, but I don't think he was cut out to write.

That's it, burn him at the stake!

Carl Sagan is probably the most talented popular science writer that ever lived! He has a way to explain complicated scientific concepts to laypeople without dumbing them down and philosophizes about them in a way that connects emotionally with people. Not many people are able to do that.

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Don't mean to go haywire about David Foster Wallace - but this is relevant and happened to be the article of the moment on my iGoogle homepage:

The Hidden Philosophy of David Foster Wallace

I don't even read Salon.

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Originally posted by Capitalizt I dunno why I'm such a nerd for this stuff but I am.

I'm currently reading this. Very interesting, currently in the beginning, as they're discussing the old testament. I'm getting ready to read about Job, in which the first appearance of Satan proper, is made.

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Started reading some classic Sci-Fi recently.

"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by Philip K. Dick
and
"2001 - A Space Odyssey" by Arthur C. Clarke

Loved them, any recommendations on where to continue with some of their other work?
I was thinking of reading the sequels to 2001, but for Philip's work I have no clear idea on what to read next.

Other books I'm going to read are:
"1984" George Orwell
"I, Robot" Isaac Asimov
"The Invisible Man", "War of the Worlds" H.G. Wells

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If you continue with Dick read Ubik and A Scanner Darkly. He's a fantastic author.

Eddie, that looks really interesting. I was watching something on the History Channel about the history of Satan and how the perceptions of him have changed throughout the years.

I'm currently reading The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky. It's hard to get through it considering I disagree with his whole premise.

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OK, maybe I didn't make this clear enough. Everybody needs to drop the shit they're reading right now and start this utterly awesome book:


My ass, how can you read boring non-fiction and old scifi when you could have a psychic Bratwurst, a dog driving a car and the heroes battling hell itself by a live perfomamce of "Camel Holocaust".

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Originally posted by Lews I'm currently reading The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky. It's hard to get through it considering I disagree with his whole premise.

Mind elaborating?

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Originally posted by EddieZilker I'm getting ready to read about Job, in which the first appearance of Satan proper, is made.

Job is one of the most f*cked up books in the bible. If you don't know about it, I'm sure you'll find the story interesting.

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Originally posted by Lews Eddie, that looks really interesting. I was watching something on the History Channel about the history of Satan and how the perceptions of him have changed throughout the years.

I think I've seen it a while ago but I'll probably want to see it, again, just to see what dove-tails into the book. The one about the Anti-Christ doesn't really touch on what I've read in the book, so far, but it will probably coincide more, as the book progresses.

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Originally posted by Capitalizt Job is one of the most f*cked up books in the bible. If you don't know about it, I'm sure you'll find the story interesting.

I've read Job. Up to that point, the authors in my book are maintaining that satan is used to describe a God appointed adversary; to the point that adversary could be used as satan, when it appears in the Old Testament text and the essential meaning of the story would remain intact.

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